Improvement in whip-sockets



UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIOE.

HENRY SAYLER, on sT. PARIS, oi11o.

IMPROVEMENT IN WHIP-SOCKETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 59,278, dated October250, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, H. SAYLER, of St. Paris, in the county ofChampaignand State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in VVhip-Sockets for Carriages; and 1 do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of thisspecification, and to the letters marked thereon, lik'e letters whereverthey occur indicating like parts.

To enable others skilled in the arts to construct and use my invention,I will proceed to describe it.

Figure 1 is an elevation, with the upper portion shown in section. Fig.2 is a top-plan View and Fig. 3, a side view, with a portion of the lockbroken away to show the internal a1 rangement.

My invention consists in providing a whipsocket with a locking device,whereby the whip can be secured in the socket.

A represents the body of the socket, which maybe made of the usualmaterial and form.

To the inside of the socket A, near its top, is secured a circular jaw,0, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a correspondingjaw,.n, being attached to asliding arm, 0, which works through a hole on the opposite side of thesocket. A spring, 1, is secured at one end to the socket and at theother to the movable jaw n, by which means the jaw 11 is pressedoutward.

A look, B, is secured permanently to the side of the socket in such aposition that its bolt a will engage in the notches on the under side ofthe arm 0, as shown in Fig. l. The bolt 5 slides freely in its bearingsm, and is forced upward by a spring, I), so as to keep its upper end incontact with the arm (3, the end of bolt to being beveled to correspondwith the inclined notches in 0, whereby the latter can be shoved inwardwithout hinderance from the bolt 0, but cannot be drawn backwithoutdepressing the bolt a, which can only be done by inserting a key. in thekey-hole and turning it until it strikes against the lug e on the bolta.

To use my improvement it is only necessary to insert the whip in thesocket as usual, and push the stem 0 in until the whip is clasped andfirmly held between the two jaws o n, which prevent it from beingwithdrawn from the socket, and thus it may be left in safety. Whenrequired for use the key is inserted and the arm 0 released, whichpermits the whip to be withdrawn at will.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim is A whip-socketprovided with the clamping jaws and a lock, when arranged to operate asand for the purpose set forth.

HENRY SAYLER. Witnesses:

WM. THOMAS, SAML. T. MoMoRRow.

